[Fedora-directory-users] Re: "This beta software has expired"?

Kevin Kovach kovach at gmail.com
Mon Dec 5 20:11:41 UTC 2005 

Built this myself from the 7.1 source.  You're thinking this is an issue
with my build in particular, or you've seen this before?

- Kevin

On 12/5/05, Richard Megginson <rmeggins at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Kevin Kovach wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the reply Richard.
> >
> > Are you able to supply any details on the issue?  Is this a known
> > problem that was already being worked on, or is this a brand new
> > issue?  If this has been around for a while, do you have a timetable
> > on a fix?
>
> Actually, is your problem in the released FDS 7.1 you downloaded from
> the download site, or did you build it yourself?
>
> >
> > I've checked the list and have not seen anything regarding this error
> > message.  If there's anything I can do to help please let me know.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > - Kevin
> >
> > On 12/5/05, *Richard Megginson* <rmeggins at redhat.com
> > <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     No, it's not a cert issue.  It's a problem with the core server, and
> >     we're working on a fix right now.
> >
> >     Kevin Kovach wrote:
> >
> >     > Hello again,
> >     >
> >     > I'm suspecting more and more that it was a certificate issue,
> since
> >     > the error log references port 636.
> >     >
> >     > However, I've gone over the SSL HOWTO on the FDS wiki and I don't
> >     > understand what the problem is.  When I installed FDS about 5
> months
> >     > ago I used the information provided here,
> >     >
> >
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/ag/7.1/ssl.html#1087158
> >     > on setting up a self signed certificate.  This link was posted
> >     on the
> >     > SSL HOWTO on help with using certutil.
> >     >
> >     > I was able to get FDS up and running with SSL after a couple
> >     emails to
> >     > the list and a couple changes to the FDS wiki regarding SSL.  As I
> >     > said, it's been running well for the past 5 months or so.
> >     >
> >     > My understanding was that the example there created a cert that
> >     would
> >     > be valid for 123 months (-v 120) plus the default 3 months?  I
> would
> >     > not expect this cert to have expired already.
> >     >
> >     > That said, I went through the same steps to try and recreate the
> CA
> >     > and Server certs for the directory again now.  After doing so
> >     without
> >     > any error messages, I tried to start the directory server again
> and
> >     > I'm getting the same message.
> >     >
> >     > Thanks.
> >     >
> >     > - Kevin
> >     >
> >     > On 12/5/05, *Kevin Kovach* <kovach at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:kovach at gmail.com>
> >     > <mailto: kovach at gmail.com <mailto:kovach at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     Hello,
> >     >
> >     >     I'm a bit confused this morning.  I woke up and realized that
> my
> >     >     directory was down, and when I tried to restart it I got the
> >     >     following message ...
> >     >
> >     >     # ./start-slapd
> >     >     [05/Dec/2005:11:52:28 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software
> has
> >     >     expired **
> >     >
> >     >     Does this look familiar to anyone?  I'm continuing to look
> into
> >     >     it, but if it's something simple issue that I'm unaware of I'd
> >     >     appreciate any hints as to what the problem is?
> >     >
> >     >     Some background information ...
> >     >
> >     >     I've been running Fedora Directory Server for about 5 months
> >     >     without any issues.  It's been running great.  I recently
> >     added a
> >     >     root suffix to the directory that went smoothly.  I was able
> to
> >     >     use the new root without any problems after I added it.  I
> >     didn't
> >     >     seem to have any issues with that change.  This the only thing
> >     >     I've done in the past couple months.
> >     >
> >     >     I've just tired to save my config and back up the db with
> >     >     ./saveconfig, ./db2bak, ./db2ldif, and ./db2dsml and all
> >     attempts
> >     >     result in the same error message.
> >     >
> >     >     Also, the only thing printed to the error log is the same
> >     message.
> >     >
> >     >     # cat errors
> >     >             Fedora-Directory/7.1 B2005.201.2115
> >     >             ldap.hostname.com:636 <http://ldap.hostname.com:636>
> >     <http://ldap.hostname.com:636>
> >     >     (/opt/fedora-ds/slapd-instname)
> >     >
> >     >     [05/Dec/2005:11:46:07 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software
> has
> >     >     expired **
> >     >     [05/Dec/2005:11:47:44 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software
> has
> >     >     expired **
> >     >     [05/Dec/2005:11:49:03 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software
> has
> >     >     expired **
> >     >     [05/Dec/2005:11:52:28 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software
> has
> >     >     expired **
> >     >     [05/Dec/2005:11:57:33 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software
> has
> >     >     expired **
> >     >     [05/Dec/2005:11:58:30 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software
> has
> >     >     expired **
> >     >     [05/Dec/2005:12:00:11 -0500] - ERROR: ** This beta software
> has
> >     >     expired **
> >     >
> >     >     I'm really at a loss as to what has expired.  Does the
> >     directory
> >     >     have some kind of license that has expired?  Can this be a
> >     message
> >     >     for an expired cert?  It doesn't really sound like it, but
> >     that's
> >     >     the only thing I can think of off the top of my head.
> >     >
> >     >     Thanks for any help and/or information.
> >     >
> >     >     - Kevin
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
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